Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 382 · 40 questions

Study tip (Test, don’t re-read): More effective: testing yourself, recalling from memory, explaining it aloud, practice questions, quizzing a friend, self-made flashcards. Less effective: re-reading the chapter, highlighting lines, copying notes neatly, glancing at notes. After reading a page: close it, recall it, check, and fix what you missed.

1. 1.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or practice questions? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) practice questions
2. 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
3. 3.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
6. 6.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
8. 8.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
10. 10.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) read it twice more
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
15. 15.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
17. 17.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
19. 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
20. 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or copying notes neatly? (a) self-made flashcards (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) answering with book shut (c) highlighting in yellow (d) reading the notes again
26. 26.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Copy the diagram.”
27. 27.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) reading the notes again (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
29. 29.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
30. 30.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) copying the summary
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) highlighting in yellow (c) reading the notes again (d) answering a quiz
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
33. 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) teaching it to a sibling
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
36. 36.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or self-made flashcards? (a) gazing at the book (b) self-made flashcards
38. 38.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) copying the summary (d) covering the answers
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly

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